EDINBURG, Texas - The life of educator and writer Gary Joe Mounce is to be celebrated at UT-Rio Grande Valley.
The UTRGV professor emeritus passed away late last month after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 87.
The Celebration of Life vent, organized by friends and family, takes place at the UT-Rio Grande Valley Ballroom on the Edinburg campus on Saturday, Jan. 24. Here are the details:
Mounce’s great friend, former UT-Pan American professor Samuel Freeman penned a heartfelt appreciation of Mounce for the Rio Grande Guardian. Click here to read it.
Mounce was a longtime contributor to the Guardian. Click here to read about his passing. The news story includes video interviews with him.
